Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, the Iowa City-based Emma Goldman Clinic and Dr. Jill Meadows, Planned Parenthood's medical director, are suing Gov. Kim Reynolds, the state of Iowa and the Iowa Board of Medicine. The plaintiffs are being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and a lawyer from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

If it's not blocked by the courts, the law will ban nearly all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected when it goes into effect July 1. That can occur about six weeks into a pregnancy and often before a woman realizes she’s pregnant.

The suit argues that the law violates Iowa women’s due-process rights, their rights to liberty, safety and happiness and their rights to equal protection under Iowa’s constitution.

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